At this moment, Ye Xiao only felt as if the terrifying sword attack of Lin Hao was about to land on him.
"F*ck."
Ye Xiao cursed in his heart. He did not wanted to be bedridden for more than a month so he immediately entered into the World of Heavenly Pearl. He only hoped that no one would see him suddenly disappearing from the arena.
Because he was extremely nervous and worried that someone will notice him suddenly disappearing, so he decided to come out from the Heavenly Pearl immediately.
On the arena, he just disappeared and reappeared immediately. He didn't even remained in the world of Heavenly Pearl for a few moments.
But even so, he managed to avoid the fatal attack of Lin Hao. But his attack was still not over. It was just his attack's destructive power was reduced by almost half. Ye Xiao was again in front of Lin Hao's attack. He again felt a crisis falling upon him.
He had already condensed his spirit energy on top of his right hand's index finger and he even pounced toward him previously to execute the Sacred Finger Art. But because he entered into the World of Heavenly Pearl, he was not able to launch his attack successfully. Now that he was once again out and was facing Lin Hao's same attack which has its attacking prowess reduced by almost fifty percent, he didn't hesitate and attacked with his martial arts skill.
"Sacred Finger Art."
"Chi!"
"Swish!"
"Ah!"
Because of intense sword light that was blinding everyone's eyes, no one was able to see what was happening on the arena.
Not even Lin Hao himself. And same applied on Ye Xiao. And because of this Lin Hao and Ye Xiao, both were not able to avoid each other's attack.
Ye Xiao's attack successfully pierced through Lin Hao's shoulder and blood started to flow out. He was also forced to retreat more than ten steps.
And Lin Hao's sword attack also was successful, it slashed and cut open Ye Xiao's chest. Blood spurted out from his chest. The moment he felt Lin Hao's sword attack on his chest, he tried to retreat and only because of this, he was not seriously injured. But even so, if he wanted to fight right now with any other opponent, he would not be able to fight and attack even once. The cut that was made on his chest by Lin Hao was almost half a finger deep. Some of his chest bones were also cut by his sword.
Ye Xiao sat down on the ground with his knees and covered his chest with both of his hands.
And now that Lin Hao's the attack was over, sword light also faded away.
Now, all the people were able to see what was happening on the arena.
They saw that Ye Xiao was sitting on the ground with the help of his knees while covering his chest. Blood was gushing out from his chest and it coloured his hands as well as most cloths with red.
On the other hand, Lin Hao was standing three meters away from Ye Xiao. His shoulder was bleeding badly so he kept on pressing his shoulder with his hand. His pained expression could be seen clearly.
"This... He was able to injure Lin Hao under that terrifying attack." Xu Qing was shocked to see Lin Hao bleeding from his shoulder. He thought, that if it was him who was facing that terrifying attack of Lin Hao, let alone injuring Lin Hao, he would not be able to even withstand that attack.
_On The Arena_
Lin Hao raised his head and looked at Ye Xiao who was trying to stop his bleeding. He said, "I never thought that you could hurt me. You managed to pierce your entire finger in my shoulder under my attack. Believe me, you are the first person to injure me. And if, by any chance, we fight again, I guarantee that you would not be able to even touch me."
His voice sounded gentle at first but by the end, his tone became arrogant.
Ye Xiao was somewhat displeased after hearing it. Even though he was not Lin Hao's opponent right now but what about in the future? With the Heavenly Pearl in his possession, in this world, there is no one whom he can not fight against. Yes, it will take him some time to become stronger, but he will definitely become stronger. Be it Martial Emperor Realm or Martial Ancestor Realm, one day, he will definitely cultivate up to these realms and with a speed that no one can rival.
He thought of Lin Hao as his friend, a friend that can fight with him on equal footing. But in the eyes of Lin Hao, he was not even his opponent. Maybe in the eyes of Lin Hao, he was someone, who just accidently crossed his road with him.
"I know, it is not pleasant to hear these words and these words of mine will hurt you but this is the truth." Lin Hao again started saying after stopping for some time.
Then he sent sound transmission to Ye Xiao and said, "Let me tell you a secret about me that no one knows in this world except for me. I really respect you and I did not want to hurt your feelings so I am telling you this. I hope you can keep it a secret."
Lin Hao took a long breath of air and continued to sent Ye Xiao his sound transmission, "When I was still in the Lin Family, I was often bullied by my peers because I was not talented at all. Even after cultivating for more than six years, I was still only a Second Stage of Body Tempering Realm martial artist. My father was the current patriarch's younger brother. I never saw my mother. My father never told me who my mother is. But one day my father left the clan to search for my mother. Before leaving he said me that he was going to take back my mother from her clan. She is someone from the number one clan of a Empire called The Dharma Empire."
"After my father left the clan, my situation in the clan became even worse. But one day I had my lucky encounter. And that lucky encounter was something that changed my destiny. I am now an Origin Core Realm Martial Artist. Do you know how much time it took me to cultivate to the Origin Core Realm? Two Years. Only in two years I have cultivated from the Second Stage of the Body Tempering Realm to the Origin Core Realm."
"Can you imagine, a child, who only cultivated up to the Second Stage of the Body Tempering Realm in six years, not even managing to breakthrough to the Third Stage, suddenly encountered a lucky chance and cultivates to the Origin Core Realm from the Second Stage of the Body Tempering Realm in just two years. What kind of lucky chance was that? What kind of treasure did he get to cultivate this fast?"
"Not only did I cultivated to the Origin Core Realm in just two years, I also started to understand more and more about sword and finally comprehended the first stage of the Sword Way which is Sword Light. It is something that one can not even comprehend in twenty years. I achieved all of these in just two years."
"My speed of cultivation is very fast. It is so fast that I myself sometime fear that all of this is just a dream and if I woke up, this beautiful dream will end. I have never seen a cultivator that can cultivate at the same speed as mine. That's why I told you that if we fight next time, you will never be able to injure me. My fighting prowess is also much higher than my cultivation. Right now, I can even fight with a martial artist who is at the Fifth Stage of the Origin Core Realm."
"I told you my most precious secret not because I trust you. I just like your character. I have only met you twice. How can I trust you? It is impossible for me to trust you in just two meetings."
"Then the question is why I told you my secrets? Right." Lin Hao asked while looking at Ye Xiao and Ye Xiao unknowingly nodded his head.
"I am not an idiot to tell my most precious secret to just anyone. Just as I told you before, I like your character. In the Cloudsmoke Forest, you knew who I was but even so you ignored me. I know that you were not being arrogant at all. It was just that you did not wanted to bother with me. If it was anyone in your place at that time, they would have started licking my feet. At that moment I knew that you were different."